# Digha Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Digha

Digha is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 395 households**, the 26th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 395households
- 69.5%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Digha

Of every 100 households in Digha in 2011, 31 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Digha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****44%**

**57%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Digha?

■ Digha · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****884**

**961

Working population ****44.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 60.9% for women. 51% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 128 (17%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 62 (8%) · **■** Marginal 452 (59%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sainthia

- Jiui1,942 people
- Bharamarkol1,913 people
- Kurumsaha1,790 people
- Dakshin Sija1,786 people
- Uttar Bamnigaon1,663 people
- Uttar Kanaipur1,499 people
- Purba Siur1,477 people
- Mallikpur1,420 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Digha?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Digha in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Digha?69.5% (Census 2011)